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l leave you with 2 pictures of sweet sassy nessie she will be a year in march she is still the tiniest thing and shhh don t tell even prettier than her momma rosie who to me has always been the epitome of beautiful angora goat this was shearing day last week my middlest happened to be home from school that day and was helping us out middlest and nessie nessie the littlest dust mop have a great week and i ll be back with new babies soon posted in uncategorized leave a comment august 23 1995 august 24 2013 by mindy or maybe the title should be i wish you never left or 18 years or simply i miss my brother on august 23 1995 i was sitting in the waiting area at the car dealer having my car tuned up etc getting ready for the long trip east i knew was coming soon i was living in lynnwood wa at the time and i loved it there as i was killing time in the waiting room i just knew there would be a message on the answering machine when i got home and i knew what it would say sure enough it was my father telling me in a shaky voice to call him eric had died it wasn t unexpected aids was most definitely a killer then but still expected or not when your big brother dies a little of you does too i called in to work no big deal they knew this was coming too i lit candles then sat in the middle of the floor and cried and cried and cried that memory is crystal clear but there are many many good memories that are just as clear this year especially my sister and i have been thinking of when eric left for william and mary to begin college williamsburg and culpeper are about 4 hours apart but then when you are 13 and 11 it seems like forever it s been on our mind because my nephew is leaving for college and his little sisters are left behind they are 6 time and distance are harder to comprehend they just know that their brother won t be home they ll learn that his going away to college is not a bad thing when he comes home he will have so much to tell him the holidays will be even happier they ll get to go visit him and see so many new things i wish i could get through to all of our kids just how wonderful all of the things their older siblings will show and teach them can be that s what i m remembering this year things that i saw experienced learned that i might not have if it weren t for eric what i m wishing for and missing pretty much the same as every year i ve remarried and i really wish that eric and james could have met i know they would have liked each other i wish the kids could have known him and that he could have known them i wish my parents hadn t had to have a child die i wish manda and i still had our big brother here i ask you this every year kiss or hug your brothers sisters and if you absolutely have to call them names please do it with love posted in uncategorized tagged aids sucks miss my brother 4 comments the collection is growing june 16 2013 by mindy picked up some new goaties yesterday some new additions to my colored breeding stock 2 red does and one reverse badger the reverse badger name has something to do with a white stripe on their faces and darker bellies or something they re a little wild some serious cookie training is in order butterscotch caramel and reegan butterscotch has the lighter face caramel darker ears nose and tail and reegan is the grayish one they are yearlings i will get better pictures as time goes on my daughter wants me to call the red ones violence and profanity i just don t know got a good picture of fluff yesterday i love this guy he is 8 years old the alpha and there is no doubt that he loves me did i tell you this story years ago when i was married to the kids father i was outside doing rabbit chores and my ex was laying in the hammock the goaties were mowing the lawn fluff saw me working then looked at my ex in the hammock he looked back and forth a few times you could actually see the wheels turning then very determinedly walked over and bent under the hammock and knocked my ex right out fluff nothing terribly new on the knitting and spinning front most of the knitting i ve done has been on the sweater i m designing for persimmon tree farm right now it is merely a huge expanse of red just goes to show how much i love greta of persimmon tree red is sooooo not my color i did get a few more rovings dyed and up in my etsy shop griffin s night flight a bit of a departure from my usual pastels my husband commented that it wasn t too much of a departure cuz that day there was also this baby evan s cotton candy yeah some things never change these rovings are more of the super wash bfl that is such a dream to spin having a hard time not keeping them for myself so that s about it for now next week we need to move the goaties back to the first field i should have a sample knit up for a brushed sweater pattern in addition to the jacket for persimmon tree and lots of other stuff i just can t think of right now a last picture of nessie til next time sweet little nessie posted in uncategorized tagged bfl roving cute goatie pix new goaties 1 comment on the needles off the wheel and in the shop june 5 2013 by mindy see look i came back today i thought i d tell you what puff the magic rabbit is up to well some of it anyway there is a lot for starters there is some designing going on which means patterns for you one will be a cardigan the pattern will be created while knitting the sample for persimmon tree farms here is the swatch in one of her colorways swatch this is one strand baby boucle kid mohair and one strand brushed kid mohair held together should be a pretty quick knit persimmon tree requested no waist shaping no frills though i think i m going to sneak in some optional buttons with eye cord closures otherwise the gorgeous colors and texture of the yarn will do all the work once done and the pattern is written i will do up a sample for my shop too the other sweater i m working on is a cowl neck pullover w waist shaping and raglan sleeves worked in brushed kid mohair sweater in justine s willow again a quick knit in st st in the round no seams except the underarms progress will be posted i just wound this skein off of the wheel bfl superwash yarn 204 yards at 15 wpi i m not sure yet if i will list this for sale or keep it to play with this is the first skein i ve spun from the new roving i am dyeing and carrying which brings us to what is currently in https www etsy com shop puffthemagicrabbit for now all that is in the shop is several hanks of super wash bfl top even 2 that were hand dyed by my sons some of the pastels or perhaps you ve already begun thinking of halloween mephistopheles it s the great pumpkin mephistopheles those are just a few go take a look we have also acquired cthulhu destroyer of worlds or at least of knitting don t let the cuteness fool you she is a busy little thing and an absolute sweetheart next time i will introduce you to the bottle baby goat we have as well as 2 rescues we picked up sometime this month i will be picking up 3 yearling does from persimmon tree farms lots of color entering our little herd and now i knit posted in uncategorized 1 comment dear neglected blog june 1 2013 by mindy wow it s been awhile if i blame it on busyness then it s just excuses yet we all know how life can take over and it has been busy since last i was here had i told you we were moving we left madison county and moved to louisa county in sept still in va it has been a great move for the kids and a fantastic move for the goaties i did lose some goats this year genevieve fiyero and sweet little floppy i should have written then but i just couldn t floppy who originally wasn t expected to make it a full year left when he was almost 3 he remained a sweet little happy go lucky guy and he took going downhill and dieing just like he took living to him it was all good he didn t fight it at the end not to say that he surrendered early he loved us and loved life but when it was inevitable he just went kisses from floppy we had 3 does kid this winter elphie s breeding didn t take cream went first on feb 17 mephistopheles was born here he is today mephistopheles at 3 1 2 months he has sooooo much sweet silky mohair on him i can t wait until his first shearing on march 13 pretty cookies had baby rae ella she is a fiesty little thing she was less than a day old when she was climbing all over her mother baby rae ella caught on momma s neck today she is a happy little girl who is hard to catch keeping still rae ella in a rare moment of stillness last to kid was pretty rosie this is her very last breeding and i so wanted a doe from her i got my wish and i couldn t have asked for a prettier sweeter little doeling little baby nessie and here she is today her mohair is so silky and dense we also acquired a few more adults and a bottle baby will fill you in on them later oh and the guy holding newborn nessie he s my husband now now it s time for me to go design a sweater for persimmon tree farm this will also be available with my yarns it will be a strand of baby boucle mohair and brushed kid mohair held together pictures will come i promise i will no longer neglect my sweet blog posted in uncategorized tagged babies cute goatie babies cute goatie pix cute goaties 3 comments quick fly by november 16 2012 by mindy hi there it s me remember me i m the blogger that has been neglecting you lately this is just a quick stop by to let you know that i just made a huge update to my etsy shop http www etsy com shop puffthemagicrabbit there are 7 colorways of superwash sport weight merino yarn superwash sportweight there are more than 10 colors in kid mohair baby boucle yarn here are a few of the colors justine baby boucle elphie s this year s pink baby boucle rosie s shadows baby boucle each hank is app 8 oz and app 1000 yards and will knit this sweater baby boucle hoodie and baby claire the pattern is free with a purchase of the yarn just leave me a note eventually i will have it for sale at etsy for 5 00 the little black baby goats are doing well claire has just come through a bout of listeriosis which is pretty serious and often fatal but i was able to catch it quickly and with some instructions from more experienced breeders we were able to treat her right away i have to tell you boyfriend has been an incredible help with all of this he has jumped right in and done anything my crazy little farm has needed when we were bottle feeding the she devils tess claimed him as hers new additions rescues a small herd was rescued out of a bad situation by a wonderful breeder in ky we adopted a mother daughter pair dixie is the mom and stevie is the daughter beautiful red does dixie and stevie can t wait until their first shearing annnnd come february the kids will start coming 4 of my girls spent time at kid hollow farm being bred so things will be very exciting around here soon so that s the short update hope you all are great and i ll be back here soon one last picture my blue eyed boy aidan aidan posted in uncategorized leave a comment new farm august 30 2012 by mindy i know i ve been quiet for a good long time i ve been searching for a new farm it s been a long stressful road finally the right place came along it s an 8 acre piece of land w a small house built in the 60 s truthfully i took this place for the land the poor house needs some help but we are looking forward to prettying it up i don t think it s had anything cosmetic done to it since it was built yup that s some oooollllldddd carpet street view for the field the corner post holes are dug i ve placed all the inner posts and as soon as we get water out there original owner replacing well pump we can set the corner posts string the fence and move the goats not to mention clean the house and move the people the kids human variety are thrilled this means that i am able to expand my farm which means i can expand puff the magic rabbit in a few weeks i expect to be in full dyeing carding spinning designing and knitting production also this weekend i will be taking a few of my does down to kid hollow farm to be bred so we ll have babies this spring ohhhh and i forgot to tell you about the new arrivals bottle babies claire and tess tess on the left claire on the right they re weaned now but i will give you a post on just them there is also this little guy aidan this is aidan i finally got another little blue eyed black i still miss morpheous this was just after shearing last month i think he was happy with his new haircut in honor of this new move i am offering 15 off all rovings in my etsy shop just enter newfarm as the coupon code here are just a few of the goodies you will find there claire and tess playtime justine jewel all a super soft blend of kid mohair from my goats shetland lambswool from a virginia farm and silk several more colors i think that is enough excitement for one night so i will leave you with one last picture of claire and tess goodnight whatcha doin posted in uncategorized tagged bottle babies 2 comments and now it s 17 years august 23 2012 by mindy 17 years since my brother died since aids took him 18 and a half years since aids took his partner jeff and around 18 years since eric found randal who saw it through til the end 17 years since a devoted pit bull named justice laid down on eric s legs while he was sleeping and stayed there beyond eric s last breath eric and randal got him from a shelter and named him justice cuz there ain t no justice 17 years a long time yet just a few days ago my mother said that when i talked to her earlier and i guess that s how it should be how i want it to be it has been a long time but i want it to feel like just a few days ago to never forget i never will it may sound dramatic but truly there is not a day that goes by where he does not cross my mind but i don t really know what to say today it s going to be a really hectic month here at puff the magic rabbit and i m stressed to the point of wanting to shut down i almost would have liked for today to go by without my remembering the significance of it but the day is here and it s one of the days in my life that marks the passing of time if i was speaking to him today what would he say and what would i say i think what i am missing the most right now is the positive influence he would be in my daughter s life my 14 year old brave strong sensitive girl is quite openly a lesbian and i think that having eric around might help her with some of the issues she will face issues he faced many years ago i d like to talk to him about those issues then i was really too young to help at the time but i d like to know what he faced through my older eyes offer whatever i could even though it s way too late so i try to strike a balance between wanting all the things we all missed out on regretting all that i was not able to be while he was still here and knowing that really what we had is just what we had there will always be missing and wishing and regretting and ...